Cisneros is known as the square of light, try to see it at night because on my visit it was in the full glare of the afternoon sun when its 300 columns of light were not on. I have no idea if it's safe at night, but pictures of it lit up are quite something! Do your research by asking your hotel or a guide and see if its safe. Anyway even by day its impressive and worth a quick visit.

Walking from La Alpujarra Administrative Center to the Plaza de Cisneros we passed by the newly restored Edificio del Ferrocarril de Antiooquia or railway museum. This is not really a museum just a large empty building with a few historic pictures on the walls, a post box, and a little café. Originally constructed by Francisco Javier Cisneros while he was building the railway in 1874 that took him 55 years to complete. Unfortunately, with the construction of new roads the railway service declined and was sold off in 1961. Leaving the Antioquia Railway station in Plaza Cisneros, we walked by the statue of Medellin and entered the Parque de las Luces. This large cement area with its 300 light poles all constructed with concrete and metal and huge bamboo grove is very popular with street vendors and performers. It is surround by the buildings Edificio Carré and Edificio Velasquez, constructed around the 1900’s, as residential homes, however over time the buildings decayed and turned into places openly sheltering drug use and prostitution. Today after major renovation those same buildings are the home of Office for Education for Medellin, and institutes of education, credit, recreation and culture. TIP: To take photos at night I would suggest getting a taxi or Uber, and drive round the square. That support health, education, credit, recreation and culture.